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Wikipedia: The late Gothic Loggia del Bigallo in Florence, Italy, is one of a dozen public loggias in the city, in this case part of a construction that housed the Compagnia della Misericordia, who commissioned the structure, probably from the architect-sculptor Alberto Arnoldi; it was built in 1352–58. The open loggia served to shelter lost children and unwanted infants who were abandoned to the care of the brotherhood, the "Company of Mercy". In 1425 the Compagnia di Santa Maria del Bigallo, founded in 1244 by Saint Pietro Martire and formerly housed near Orsanmichele, transferred here as well.
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